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Forthigal Adams (Dover, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1815?

Dover, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Miranda Young Adams in Bath County, Kentucky on May 14, 1838. Father of William Adams, Julia Adams, Hesperia Adams, and Mary Adams. Wagoner drayman in Mason County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Dover in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason, District 1, p. 22B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, 3rd District, p. 54.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason, Dover, p. 311A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film #000273004

Citation

Adams, Forthigal. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206284 (November 12, 2026).

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